New unemployment filings are so high only the Great Depression compares (Vox)
The numbers are staggering and probably underestimated.
The U.S. Department of Labor registered 5.2 million initial unemployment...
The Black Plague (New Yorker)
The old African-American aphorism “When white America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia” has a new, morbid twist: when white America...
Global statistics for Wed. 4/15/20
The following table shows the fifteen countries most affected by the Covid-19 crisis based on cases per million citizens. Note that the...
‘Pretty catastrophic’ month for retailers, and now a race to survive (NYT)
March brought a record sales plunge as the coronavirus outbreak closed stores. A long shutdown could leave lasting changes in the...
A second round of coronavirus layoffs has begun. Few are safe (WSJ)
People who thought their jobs were secure, including white-collar professionals, increasingly face unemployment.
The first people to lose...
Coronavirus is killing far more U.S. health workers than official data suggests (Guardian)
Challenges in collecting data, a patchwork of state tracking systems and patients who die at home mean the true toll of...
COVID-19 fatality rates vary widely, leaving questions for scientists (The Hill)
The COVID-19 outbreak that has infected more than half a million Americans is killing people or causing them to become seriously ill...
How a surge of coronavirus patients could stretch hospital resources in your area (WaPo)
The rapid growth of coronavirus cases in New York City is a grim omen for the rest of the country. For the...
Unemployment claims surge by 6.6 million as coronavirus continues to rout U.S. workforce (NBC)
"The only limitation on the number of applications has been the states' ability to process those claims," said one analyst.
EXCLUSIVE: How U.S. states rank on a PER CAPITA basis (4/9/20)
The following table shows U.S. states and territories ranked not by total cases (where states with large populations largely top the list), but...
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